Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-16
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Rev. Nat. G. Taylor, father of the Gov
ernor OF Tennessee, died few days since
in Carter County Tenn. He was Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs under President
Johnson. ss1
The cotton factors and buyers of New
Orleans have resolved to employ no men,
bers of the labor unions.
Bob McWhirter, alias Robinson, and
Mont. Hill were arrested at Shreveport,
La, few days ago on warrants charging
| them with horse-steaiing in Texas. They
had been in Shreveport several times with
stock, and had always been looked upon
as honest dealers. Their last bunch con-
sisted of nine horses, FIVE of which were
! identified as stolen, two of them belong
ing tca A. Neil, Of Grayson County, and
two to A. E. Hughes, of Collinsyille,
| drayson County.
| The Supreme Court of Mississippi has
affirmed the decision of the lower court IN
the case of the Louisville, New Orleans Il
Texas railroad VS.. T. c. Thompson. This
is suit brought for damages by Thorn p
! son against the railroad company for in
! 1uries received at Knoxville, Franklin
County, IN January, 1856. He sued for
10000 damages, but the jury only award
ed him SIS 900, which the Supreme Court
| .
| afi med. t
The Montgomery (Ala.) and Atlanta
(Ga.) military companies have resolved to
withdraw from the Washin gton drill be-
cause of the admiss ion Of colored organi-
cations.
| William Myrick, a negro boy about
eghtee years old, was tried in the City
| Court at Montgomery, Ala, a few days
ago, on charge of felonious assault, con-
victed and sentenced to the penitentiary
for life raan al
The most disastrous fire that ever visit
ed Louisville, Tex, consumed the large
| Touring mill of the Louisville Mill Com
| pany a few days ago. The loss is $4,000,
| with no insurance. ..1.-4- e
| Tw attempts were recently m ade to cut
levees along the Mississippi in Louisiana,
probably for the purpose of getting water
to float logs to mill. The guards b ave
| been dou bled, and armed with Winchester
| rifles.
| The ladies of Manassas, Va, have
| formed memorial association for the
| purpose of putting a stone wall around
the Confederate cemetery on the historic
hills near Bull Run. If each Southern
| Safe will contribute 500, the proposed
| wall could be built.
| The apple, pear and peach trees are in
bloom in many parts of Virginia. There
| always comes a frost in that State with
the April full moon. Cold rains and snow
| have given premouitions of its coming.
! Hon. John II. Reagan has recovered
| sufficiently from his late fall from his
| horse at Palestine, Tex, to be out on the
streets and attend to his private and ofi-
cial correspondence, which has accumu.
| lated largely during his confinement to
| his bed.
Rufus Fuller, prisoner in irons,
Jump d from an east bound train on the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia rail
i road near Knoxville, Tenn, few nights
ago, while the train was running at the
rate of forty-fve miles an hour, and es
| capped with but little injury.
Scott Pickler, white boy thirteen years
old, who shot and killed Chester Dodd,
| another white boy about ten years old, in
Jackson, Tenn, last January, was tried
recently in the Circuit Court for murder
in the first degree. The case was ably
argued on both Sides The jury returned
a verdict of acqnittal. a
Hon. ID. Wyatt AIKEN, late Representa-
tive in Congress from the Third South
Carolina district, died at his home in
Col1esbury, S. c., a few days ago aged
tifty-nine He had been i'll for long
time ts
Dr. NJ L. Moore, an honored citizen Of
Gainesville, Fla, was recently driven
from home by anonymous letters charg-
ing him with malpractice. An indigna-
zion meeting was held by two hundred
prominent citizens who invited him to re-
turn, pledged HIM protector, and sub
scribed 500 as reward for the detection
If the letter writer.
The statue of General Albert Sidney
Johnson, who fell while leading the Con-
federate army on the first day of the bat
tie of Shiloh, April g. 1862. was unveiled
in New Orleans on the 9Th inst, the
twenty fifth anniversary Of that ever
memorable struggle.
The ruling sensation at Montgomery,
Ala, is the finding of the lost book in
which was recorded the bond of ex-Treas-
urer Vincent. When he defaulted and
left the State, in January, 1888, the book
could not be found, and the supposition
was that he had made way with it. II
was found few days since behind an old
safe in the Treasurer's Office. Three
bondsmen who could not be remem bered
are still liable, but are reported to have
very little property. Vincent has always
denied the charge that he made way with
the book and bond.
Miss Carrie Sharp, of Shelbyville, Tenn,
who was to have been marriel to A. II.
Ruth a few days ago, was accidentally
shot and killed On thu evening preceding
her wedding day, while handling re-
volver which had dropped from Mr..
Ruth's pocket She was buried In her
wedding dress.
The citizens of Uptonvile, KY, and sur
rounding country are at the highest pitch
of eA element over new and rich dis
covery of underground treasures lying
near there. Very valuable iron ore, found
by analysis to be eighty per cent. pure,
and in almost inexhaustible quantities, IS
found just on the western boundary OF the
town. a
1t being generally understoo that one
or more negro companies will enter the
military encampment at Washington, the
Douglass Rifles, Of Tyler, Tex, have deter
mined not to attend the encampment un-
less 1t is officially announced that the
negroes will neither enter the eacamp-
ment as companies nor participate in the
drill.
Alva Fullerton, a white farmer, who
lived ten miles from Opelika, Lee County,